Gio should be praised and this hit should be held as a sublime example of how to separate man from puck in the slot.
If Aho decides to dispy doodle in the slot with his head down, then proceed to admire his dangle, you will get popped 10 times out of 10. The onus is on the attacker to choose the correct action knowing a hit is coming.
This shouldn't have even been a penalty, much less a suspension. If it was a Flames player who got popped, I would have the same opinion. Dumb choice of play by the attacking player. He should have tried a quick shot instead of the toe drag, or if he felt the deke was a better choice, he should have done more to protect himself. Simple as that.
I will predict the league gives him a token 1 game suspension just to "send a message". So dumb.
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